Tuesday, 18 September 2012

Article - Life cycle of a dance form - Nanditha Prabhu

Dance has been part of nature from the resurgence of life itself.
Dance has slowly and steadily evolved from mere expressions of joy and
sorrow, to celebration of life, to exposition of rituals and belief
systems, to evolution of human psyche. When I was virtually
traversing through this dance hierarchy, it was the most humbling
experience to realise the expressions of great minds that have soared
higher than the mundane existence and recreated and represented subtle
truths through their evocative expressions.

Dance once was just the simple venting of one’s inner feelings which
later became a medium of storytelling. It was an oral tradition
unintentionally recording our history, culture and traditions. As human
mind evolved, these expressions acquired new horizons and newer
meanings, accentuating on theories of Rasa (aesthetics). It became
a gratification for the senses and akin to enlightenment for the soul.